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Today’s Flash Back Friday celebrates the opening of Toledo Hospital’s North Cove campus, where our hospital remains to this day. On January 2, 1930 staff moved 23 patients into the new nine-story, 250-bed hospital. The 22 ½ acre campus also housed the new school of nursing, named Croxton House, in honor of the bequest of Gertrude Bailey Croxton, and a power plant with living quarters for some employees, named Johnson House. Johnson House was named for Lynn Robert Johnson, an employee who had donated his life savings to the hospital. If you found this post interesting, be sure to follow along as we recount the past 150 years of Toledo Hospital's history until our anniversary date this September.

Today, we honor the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Their courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Wishing everyone a meaningful Memorial Day from all of us at ProMedica.

Today's Flash Back Friday reveals how early medicine continued to evolve with safety in mind -- sometimes spurred on by deadly consequences. Disaster struck the Cleveland Clinic in May of 1929 when X-rays stored in the hospital's basement caught fire and exploded. X-rays at the time were created with nitrocellulose film, more commonly referred to as guncotton, making X-ray film at the time highly flammable. According to reports, steam heat from a pipe caused the release of a noxious gas cloud which filled the Clinic and exploded. A total of 123 employees and visitors were killed, many of whom died from poisonous gas inhallation. The disaster caused sweeping safety reform amongst hospitals and medical institutions, including Toledo Hospital, whose board voted shortly after to include a separate X-ray storage facility in the hospital's construction. In this photo, we can see the hospital's external storage facility sitting just behind the nearly completed hospital. Toledo Hospital's North Cove location would not be open to patients until the following January.

It's Flash Back Friday! On February 13, 1928, ground was broken for the new hospital to be built on the modern day site at North Cove Blvd. Records indicate R. Lincoln Long delivered the invocation, followed by a Mrs. Clarence Brown who started a steam shovel used to break ground. On December 15, A.J. Secor laid the hospital’s cornerstone during a ceremony presided over by W.W. Knight. Pictured here are the hospital in various stages of construction, as well as the nurses home and facility used to provide power to the campus. If you found this post interesting, be sure to follow along as we recount the past 150 years of Toledo Hospital's history until our anniversary date this September.

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Flash Back Friday - In July of 1925, the Board of Trustees approved the appointment of a building committee with Frank Collins as chair and a building fund campaign committee with W.W. Knight as chair. Their goal was to raise $2,500,000 to fund the new hospital and nurses home. Architectural firm Schmidt, Garden & Erikson of Chicago was chosen to design the new state-of-the-art building in what will become the final location of the hospital on North Cove Blvd. A. Bentley and Sons would build the facility. These original blueprints help us imagine what the facade of the hospital looked like in its earliest form. Do you recognize any details we can still see today? If you found this post interesting, be sure to follow along as we recount the past 150 years of Toledo Hospital's history until our anniversary date this September.

National Doctors' Day is a time to honor and appreciate the dedication and contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities. Celebrated annually on March 30th, it serves as a reminder of the vital role doctors play in healthcare, healing, and improving quality of life. From primary care to specialized fields, doctors demonstrate expertise, empathy, and commitment in their noble pursuit of healing and saving lives. To honor and celebrate our ProMedica Physicians, we invited our community to give kudos to their favorite doctor and presented an opportunity to give a gift in their honor. Six physicians were recognized through philanthropy and were awarded with our Champions of Philanthropy lapel pin and a signed note from our President & CEO, Arturo Polizzi. Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Litt – Sunforest OBGYN, Dr. Jay Jindal – ProMedica ENT, Dr. Debra Guntsch - Family Practice, Dr. Kelly Emch - Family Practice, Amer Arshad, MD - internal medicine and Dr. Brian Miller.

Please join us in celebrating ProMedica Health Care Week! This year's theme is "Rising Together." Watch as ProMedica President and CEO Arturo Polizzi kicks off this week's celebration in this selfie video, where he's focusing on Gratitude, Teamwork, Recognition, Connection and Well-being. https://ow.ly/IUWn50RxX0Q